Delayed Expression of the Crx Gene and Photoreceptor Development in the Chx10-Deficient Retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 375-384

  Rutherford, Adam D ^a,b   Dhomen, Nathalie ^a   Smith, Hazel K ^b   Sowden, Jane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRX10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRX GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ANIMALS; ARRESTIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPSIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0942276413     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0332     Document Type: Article

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